United States

Natural disasters in Imperial, United States

Right now

No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from Iowa Environmental Mesonet (Iowa State University) arrived 61 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

96, recorded here, since 9 May 2026

11 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 11 October 2026 (2 days ago).

The 23rd strongest of the 96 recorded here since 9 May 2026.

By month

  • February 202416 detections
  • March 202418 detections
  • April 202428 detections
  • May 202450 detections
  • June 202448 detections
  • July 202425 detections
  • August 202417 detections
  • September 202425 detections
  • October 202418 detections
  • November 202435 detections
  • December 202434 detections
  • January 202565 detections
  • February 202520 detections
  • March 202516 detections
  • April 202522 detections
  • May 202513 detections
  • June 202533 detections
  • July 2025114 detections
  • August 202531 detections
  • September 202535 detections
  • October 202544 detections
  • November 202511 detections
  • December 20253 detections
  • January 2026100 detections
  • February 202617 detections
  • May 202656
  • June 20264
  • July 202612
  • August 202610
  • September 20264
  • October 202610

May 2026 is the most active month of the 6 in our series here, with 56 events.

The months before live collection count satellite fire detections imported from the NASA FIRMS archive, one for each cell of about 110 m on each day, not fires: they cannot be compared with the months after.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

FloodsHigh

Flash flood, Palo Verde, Imperial Co., CA

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 26 · version not recorded
FloodsHigh

Flash flood, 1 SSE Ocotillo, Imperial Co., CA

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 35 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 28 · version not recorded
FloodsHigh

Flash flood, 4 NNE Dixieland, Imperial Co., CA

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 39 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 46 · version not recorded
FloodsHigh

Flash flood, 6 NW Felicity, Imperial Co., CA

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 35 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

8 October 202620:14 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

7 October 202621:16 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

6 October 202621:36 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Dust Storm Warning

17 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Air QualityCritical

Hazardous Air Quality (AQI 440)

6 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Air QualityCritical

Hazardous Air Quality (AQI 656)

5 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

2 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded3 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Dust Storm Warning

29 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Dust Storm Warning

28 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Dust Storm Warning

13 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

12 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

12 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.9 Earthquake

11 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

10 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

10 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

9 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 71 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 3.1 Earthquake

2 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 3.1 Earthquake

25 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 3.2 Earthquake

23 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.5 Earthquake

23 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.7 Earthquake

23 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.8 Earthquake

23 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 3.3 Earthquake

23 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 3.6 Earthquake

23 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 3.1 Earthquake

23 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 3.0 Earthquake

23 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 3.1 Earthquake

15 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.5 Earthquake

9 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.8 Earthquake

5 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.5 Earthquake

26 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.5 Earthquake

16 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 3.6 Earthquake

15 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 3.2 Earthquake

15 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded

Other areas

Series begins 8 March 2026 for live collection; the monthly chart also counts backfilled detections from 10 February 2024. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.

Administrative boundaries: geoBoundaries (geoboundaries.org), Public Domain. geoboundaries.org